Beauty Queens, TV Hosts Set for New Season of The Amazing Race

Beauty queens, home-shopping TV hosts and a daughter and birth mother recently reunited after 20 years are among the motley cast of characters who'll scurry tirelessly around the planet during the upcoming 17th season of The Amazing Race on CBS.

They'll be a tired bunch by the end of the race. This season, premiering Sept. 26, will cover 32,000 miles through 30 cities on four continents. The show will make first-time visits to Bangladesh, Ghana, and the Arctic Circle. And for the first time, the team finishing first in the premiere episode will get a surprise, game-changing advantage, according to CBS. – Tim Nudd